Unifying dose specification between clinical BNCT centers in the Americas

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1295-1298

  Riley, K J ^a,g   Binns, P J ^a   Harling, O K ^b   Kiger III, W S ^c   Gonzalez S J ^d   Casal, M R ^e   Longhino, J ^f   Larrieu, O A Calzetta ^f   Blaumann, H R ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^f CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^g Nuclear Reactor Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Dosimetry intercomparison; Thermal neutrons

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; MICA; NEUTRON LOGGING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; COMBINED ANALYSIS; DEPTH MEASUREMENTS; DOSE SPECIFICATIONS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL NEUTRONS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

NEUTRONS;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON THERAPY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 41449103737     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2884856     Document Type: Article

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